lymMto Walnntm.
CARLISLE, PA.,
KADII'AUI FUO3I
A few months ngo some flve or six
hundred Englishmen, with their fami
lies, formed an Emigrant Society at
London. Their object was to come to
America and settle in Texas. Many of
these men were capitalists ; some were
artisans, others wcie nurserymen, Olli
ers dealers in live stock, &c. It was the
intention of these men to make a per
manent settlement in our Lone Star
State—to purchase thousands of acres of
land—to spend their gold in the devel
opment of the State, and to push
things” generally. Alter having form
ed their Society and concluded their
plans, they invited our Minister, Kev
ordy Johnson, to give them his view?
concerning Texas, its climate, saii, soci
ety. dc. Mr. Johnson was, most happy
to give these capitalists and hton of en
terprise all the information lie could, —
He addressed them at their meeting,
encouraged them to go wnli their
enterprise, pointing out to them. the la
tent wealth of Texas, its advantages,
its salubrious climate', the energy c: its
inhabitants. ,tc, His speech was puh
lishcd in the London papers, and tavor
ably commented upon.
» 1; was Iho tnsosnois of the Ensisrratu
SOoh-ty to 'cave Lor.oort fee Texas on or
about the Ist of the oor.or.p .u'.t-uory. —
The vreahhy portion of the Stooioty sohi
sheer rroporrios, stoolcsan.ioh.'.ttK'S.
ir. ir.iv- gold to bring with
vVC.Vi TU’
Everyth
gv.wlth ib
ns
i V.n
*h-. y \\\ ro to I:av
A* :hi< tiroc :t xr/o tr.r.t s
\r. ;\r.kt*x, K
od Mr. dohnson's speech through
ih-: oo:uro.r;> of *ho Lor.oor. r:v\v>Tv:per^.
and re
itxsf i Orc.ec: to.ceeirconictri,
S:•£:*>, be said, was alive with Ku-Klux
inateiy. In sunt'
in discs'
his in:ar>rcsiy raise isssn:ons. c .eve-
;don _Ve?rs the reren
lan i sen: to the I_-:n.
:ho Constitn’.iona!
Trxns. giving a list o-
Convention: of
dree and thirty-nine murders.
in it-xs-s since
vV
the rebel;
w ; .s ever runisroC
of Ciovc.ot'.vis articles—
r nr lira:
r.uhr: we should say. his ties—had the ■
etteo: b« desired t: oy should have : the ,
English Emigrant tseeieiy, fearing thore ,
\yas more truth than poetry in Clove- ’
land's siatomonis, concluded to a ban- i
don their proposal enterprise.
Now, a few words in regard to the
statements of this Radical intcrmodlor,
Cleveland. Ho know when he endorsed
the so-culled u report of the Constitu
tional Convention of Texas,** that ho
was endorsing a statement which had
been branded a lie immediately after its
publication. It was a lie from the
whole doth. It had been concocted and
published by a Radical committee—a
, committee composed of low scoundrels
—for the purpose of having an effect on
the then pending election. It was
laughed at by everybody, for the state
ments contained in it were so unbheh
ingly false, that*even Republicans who
knew theobjeel of the *• report,** turned
away their faces when they read the
sweltering 1 falsehoods it contained.—
And yet the publication of this lying
“report*’ in an Knglish paper, caused
the disbandment of a society of men
whose intention it had been to settle in
Texas, to assist in the rapid develop
ment of that rich State. The loss to Tex
as cannot be estimated —emigrants wi h
skill and capital are what she wants.
Her people are offering great induce
ments to those who desire to settle
within her borders, for they feel that
they are too poor ami too much prostra
ted redevelop the country themselves
What object then, asks someone, had
the shoddy Yankee, Cleveland, in view,
when he published lies intended to pre
vent seven or eight hundred English
men irom Mailing in Texas ? Wl at ob
jeet ? No object in particular, except
that be feared these Englishmen, should
they move to Texas, would fraternize
with the whiles in preference to ming
ling with negroes. His object was to
punish Texas, by preventing capital
and enterprise from entering the State.
I-ike all Radical leaders he lacks mag
nanimity. decency and honor. He
would crush his own country for party
ends. This Cleveland is a fair speci
men of a “ loil” Radical.
COX.RF.SS.
With the advent of Docoml>er, the
country will once more be cursed with
a Congress—or. at least, a body of fana
tics claiming to be the Congress of the
United States. The work of destroying
everything like real peace and prosper
ity in the Southern Slates, and doing
all the harm possible in the North, will
at once be entered upon. We are told
that one of the first measures will a
movement to force Negro suffrage on all
the Northern States, and an attempt to
overthrow the present naturalisation
laws of the land. Know Nothingism
will lx? revived and the negro hoisted
Upi.iys the white foreigner is thrust
down. The country would bo all the
better without any meeting of Congres*
at all. Their unpatriotic doings are
enough to make good men doubt wlieth
er civilisation is, after all, a great bles
sing to mankind.
An effort is being made to grot a true
statement of the number of white men
disfranchised by the Radical party, in
order that it may control the elections.
The AtKei&rr uV# HcaV/l*. places the
number in Missouri‘at 70.000, while the
Memphis Bu.'Udii* Radical. says:
“ There are not iporc than dis
franchised voters in the State of 'Tenn
essee.” I? it not-absolutely astounding
that in two States, *JOO,OOO white men
are disfranchised for opinion’s sake,
while the ballot is placed, in the hands
of several hundred thousand negroes
fresh from slavery ? How long will this
great wrong be permitted to continue?
A party that will perpetrate such an
outrage, and then defend it, are ready
to establish a King, or commit any
other political crime their necessities
may require.
It is to be hoped that when General
Grant commences cabinet making ho
will ship oil* the Freed men’s Bureau lo
the old lumber room.
or.x. (uiivrs sA^.Ainr— the white
Tlio Hartford Tunes sa\ s, Gen. Grant
having declined to resign hia office oi
“ General” of the armies, the question
is raised whether he can legally hold at
one and the same time two offices which
were obviously never meant to he uni
ted in one person, namely, Presi lent of ]
the I'nited States and '‘General" - the
armies. An examination of the law
discloses the fact that he cannot bo com
pelled to resign it, if he is greedy enough
I to hold both, though it is very clear
that Congress never intended that the
President should at the same time be
j the General. Its careful provisions to
i relieve the latter officer of a portion of
1 his dependency upon the will of the
i former, show plainly that tlm purpose
was never to uilite the two offices in mu'
and the same individual. The Presi
dent is indeed all that the ” General" is
of can he, because the Constitution
: makes him. in addition to his other ex
. exutive powers," Commandor-in-Chief"
: of the army and navy.
The President's salary fffiuW. —
Some of Gen. Grant's friends are agita
. ting the plan of making it tour times as
: great—national debt or no national
; debt. But SCAOdc is the existing figure.
To this Goff - Grant can add .provide,!
■ ho holds Kv.h offices’ the pay of "Gen
i cm'," which is about $l7,iW, with per'
i quisites and appropriations by Congress
which make it equivalent to sTo,b,».
• ftc Gen, Grant will have, if he holds
both places, an income of sc,\*eV front
■ his official position. In addition to this
ho :? sard to v'xrr. a (»X> honso in
s f:\rro of :hir;y~o;irhT
aorfs. vrorih rv>r sore, vriihin iho
:i:y H:> tspa! csrato as St, L v k >
G.V.cna, rh:::»o.oIph:,i i> \w*h Sb.O -
: :.r.d 5-:>>':.Ooj :> sal a tv - ' bo a
vowh- n :V.r of his “ total vahtaiion/'
lix'.i favors* b*c
■<:—;!
\M.* :r;^re
i 1 c*r:r?s
ii ■r.Torc'stvXi :n htrear.c^: hrv>t:ch
rv-vcr.
:*s and is sa a fair
way »i> h:\ve s very comfortable l:v;r»p
ether r^r;
without the rtvnosed increase of salary
CV; Cls v
His wife dislikes the satuniion
mr.pDinents o: the White House, and is
reported to have declared that she will
never live in it. It is thought Congress
vcill vote a new Exevutive hi nr. si on inn
tetter nnd healthy lf
so the present house and grounds could
■rc^r.*;r.p
'h: i:
he added to the nationalconservatory—
or the existing trees hud plants n mre
collection might perhaps to transferred
to those quarters.
MOTHiiS or Col- Jpj; ;he greater problem remain? to be
Manhew?, the mother of , solved. Who dan? attempt to outline the
the VUv Prides: ekvt. say* the Ir.di- i l.ui™!
ar.apohs oatr/mt , has leer, lor several sedated there would t>c absolutely no
v.\\'k< stopping with her friends in this limit to its exercise of power. But it is
d:v. Like the mothers of neirlv all ™-" le u l’.°, f , ' l£ ‘ ™ R *? i'leonnruoiij. ele
• . . ir.ents, without cohesion, and i? held to
our groat men, sue is a nome woman. by mere external pressure- As
of groat intellectual power. Mr. Col* , soon as the rewards of victory are to be
fox owes much of his success to his ; distributed. the di visions will he evident.
.. , . . .„ ■ General*i»raut is not a Radical, and we
| mother, and she fully appreerates it.- ; , lle vorY authority for say
[ She is a remarkably lialeaiul happy old }m<j it is his purpose to separate him
huiv, ami rejoices in a quiet wav over self from the extremists, and to rally
the stieet'#s of her sou. ‘ , uroutui him a stro,.g bmlyof ike. better
class of citizens, who shall draw unto
Her only desire for his advancement ; t hem congenial allies from all quarters,
seems to be that he mav l/o placed in a 1 ami become, as they would deserve to be, |
position to do more -obi. the ase 1 j l ' o l’ ! ‘ rt - v of.the.mmtr,-. He is also ex
*, ~ , . , - , tremeh anxious to venfv hispartv watch*
of hfteen she was married to Schuyler ; word, ami ro bad the country to peace
Colfax, the elder. At the age of seven ami renewed prosperity. Tins is his
.toon she was left a widow, with one! purpose, amino one can dem that it is a
, , ' noble ambition- Not himself a p«»lui
ehild. hour months alter the death ■ eian< juul w j t h bm little experience or
of his father, Schuyler was burn —the skill in civil life, he does not, as we
elder eluki died in infaiu-v. 1 think, i.t all reali7o tlu- ililVii-ultii-s in the
c , , . , r * ... 1 wav of such «m ct>- as he v> \\ edo
b-omo years later Mr., U.lkix was , snY th:ll ht , for lie has un
married to Mr. Matthews. Nearly thir* i doubted pluek, aid. besidi s four years of
tv wars ago the voting couple with lit- ; patronage at mnnmn.l. be will also have
.‘i *w- i ~..1 i - i*i i ,».i i i the advice ami practical aid ot some strong
tie belun ler and otlu r ehildren that had : frk „„| f usu.dlv intenneddll
been horn to them, removed to New with public athuis He will, of course.
Carlisle, Laport county, Indiana. • | -be first Hattered and ibeo o-umily abided
l»y IliO'i' who*!’ a M inMiN he disdains. If
thimner is left o u in the cold, uccoiding
to the prom am in- Hu-re will be heard a
howl of rage evi i\ nine the wind i.*> in
the Kast. If tin* Smith is treated kindly
ami justly, a- turn. Cram has privately
promised, and the measures of • recall -
stniclion he has indicated as bis choice
aie adopted, lie will soon be classed by
the Radical* of his party as ** a rebel sym
path i/ei , M bent on t browing away all tlie
fruits ol the great na‘ ional victory. There
is a huge class of politicians \\ho<e sole
test of “ righteous peace” is >-«*n:e form of
security for the jennanent aseemleney
of their party at tie* South. There can
be no rest to the hind nniii that idea is
a ban do nc< I ; and i ' t hi- concession is now
made by l! e r chosen leader, he will be
stigma’ized most unsparingly as a traitor
to their cause.
i HZ
.r >. : V-
A V Rkconstuuctei)" June; k.—Be
fore a earpet-hag judge a negro was
lately tried in Randolph county. Geor- 1
gia, for arson. The jury b und him ,
guilty, and was discharged. When the |
judge found that the punishment of nr- >
son was death, under the laws of Goor- :
gia, he permitted the jury to be called .
together ami the ease again submitted *
to them. Tills time the negro was ac- 1
quitted. This is the way the law is ad- [
ministered in the South by the adven
turous scoundrels who go down thereto '
prey upon a down-trodden people.—
** Let us have peace."
ruu.i.iiscN Grant.— Wendell Phil- .
lips, the great light of Radicalism, has ,
very little faith in General Grant, jtulg- '
ing from his recent utterances. In a 1
late speech to the Anti-Hnvery Society, :
,he said: “There are many who be- ■
Hove that the Republican party have j
caught the biggest Tartar this time that •
credulous mortals were over doomed ti !
carry, and that in less than one yearTfie !
incoming President's foes will be they
of his own household." He will soon |
call for the impeachment of the Groat !
Captain.
The “ long plaid cloak and Scotch i
cap," worn by President Lincoln, on his i
way from Harrisburg to Washington, ;
in lsdl,»\re stsll in the keeping of his |
family. They wore worn as a disguise, S
Mr. Lincoln having boon frightenovl in
to the belief that certain Baltimorians ,
wanted to murder him. It was a mere
nervous weakness on his part, and wo j
think it would be well to bum the i
plaid cloak and Scotch cap, so that the .
fact of them having been worn by a
timid President might be obliterated.
Tue Vote of the States,—The
vote of the States this year is enormous,
amounting to a vast figure, never cast
before. The following is the vote cast
in four State's
New York
lVr.n>yi\auia.
Total.
These four States oust as many votes
as were given In the whole twenty-six
States in IS4O.
; Toil On, Ye Wuite Slaves.— The
i shipments of specie to the European
• bondholders still continue. The steam*
i or china, from New York for Liverpool,
j took out SSO.OOO in.coin on Wednesday.
, Toil on, ye white slaves in the North.—
! You have danced to Radical tunes, and
| now you must pay the Radical piper.
| Napoleon's police officers are arrest
ing editors and speakers whose senti
! ments do not square with those of his
j Mi\jesty, The French Emperor niu*t
have taken lessons from the Lincoln
■ administration.
A Negro Congressman.— a jot
black negro, named Menard, has been
elected to Congress from the second dis
trict of Louisiana, Tins is what For
ney would call the “ advanced stop.”
HOITARU VXIVtRSITY
tmlMtn*. It will ncvcmnuvlaw I f »o
hmulrcd students, ll Is vhc munition of the file*
nUv to tulmU nn equal mimbor of mh color. —■
WtUhu&U'U Chnmicie.
The “ Howard "University," for tho
education of youth v's b. tU colors,’ ha>
boon ('rectod at the expense of the peo
ple of tlu* I'nio-d SUito. It is a coi
o ’ i i
;il K>i thi V.\-< th.ierds Risrca'
h.-ars 1.. e u of the chief of the
11 a ream the dcKvtable Gen. Howard.
Where the Radical- obtain authority to
take the people's taxes tor the purple
of erecting school-houses and colleges,
we know not, The fact is they have no
authority; never had, ami never proton*
dot! to have.
Hut the worst feature about this Ra
dical enterprise is the attempt that is
to ho made to force poor white beys to
associate with and become the class
make and playmates of negroes. Our
word for it, Gen. Howard's own sons
will not be sent to the "Howard Uni
versity," nor will the sons of the lead
ers of ihe Radical party. No, ne—not
withstanding- all the flippant profes
sions of these shameless
notwithstanding their pretended admi
ration for the nosrro. and for
equality. they are no: quite willing to
see their own boys in the same class
with little velvet-heads, nor do they de
sire their own daughters to become the
wives of r.ecroes. These luxuries are
intended for the poor whites—for those
who cannot a flora to send their boys to
a Vniv*. rsity—but who can do so pro
vided, they will agree that their l\\vs
• negro beys as their equals in
ovcry n>pect. V> !'
Grans'*
:g, u
Now York
v-.
:s attends more
UlTlIuI sl*
dinx-t evidence of GrantY
:\r.d fere shadows lus probable course
more distinctly than anything which
\vehsvt , yiiHYa. 1: staus that Gen
end Grsr.i ” has privately pron.ixd to
Treat the South kindly ami Justly." and
that it ha* ** the very highest authcriy”
forsayieg that “ he purpose to separate
himself from the extremists" and 10
lead theoountry to peace. If this be so,
it accounts for she ftrar and trembling
which ha* seined the Radicals since the
eleeren and gives them good grounds
for their apprehension that they have
and ar-
won a: great cost and trouble, a blank
aiming of a I.nnnUr As*> Inin-Horrible
Scenes* of the ».vei»t-Seven Imnnlet,
llnruotl.
Coi.umijl’s, Nov. 18. —At about f)l
o’clock to-nijjlit, a? a portion of the in
mates of the lunatic asylum were in the
dancing room, it was discovered that one
of the dormitories in the eastern wing of
the building, devoted to lemale patients,
was on tire. The alarm was immediate
ly sounded, but belciv the engines reach
ed the place the fire wasundergood head
way. Measures were immediately taken
to remove the patients from the burning
roo’* s. Then a terrible scene begun. *
All efforts to induce the patients to
leave their rooms proved unavailing,
amt the attendants and citizens were
obliged to rush in and tear them from
the terrible fate that awaited them. The
scene was horrible. The confusion,
smoke, and heal increased their madness,
and they raved and struggled u» free
themselves.- As fast as re?oii»-d, they
were taken to the dancing ball, where
warm clothing was given to many who
were almost naked. A police force was
in attendance to take charge of the most
violent ones.
It is now impossible to tell how many
perished, but it is certain that seven suf
focated. Their names are as follows:
Mrs. Bridget Brophy, of Columbus; Liz
zie Herald, of Athens; Mrs. Ansel,
Mrs. Parker, an old woman known as
mother Murray, and two whose names
our correspondent was unable to obtain.
Mrs. Bain and one other I know to have
been injured seriously, but 1 think they
will recover.
Dr. Peck aud his assistants, male and
female, acted well, being usually cool
aud sensible iu this most trying emer
gency. Mr. Louis Seibert, of this citv.
also acted the hero, going into the burn
ing rooms time after time, ami removing
many patients, until he fain ed, and is
now iu a critical condition, s?. S. Rick
ley was also somewhat injured by the
heat.
jvO.iW
4-V.'A*'
?i<7v\C'.V
At this hour the fire is
gaining ground and it is iVaretijhe build
; mg will be entirely consumed. Couxey
, ances are now arriving lo remove the
: patient.- to some other portion of the city.
The light of the burning building at
; traded thousands lo the place.
Latkk.—The fire is gaining ground,
: and it now set ms impossible to save the
building. The male patients who occu
: py the western' wing, who have hereto
fore been comparatively quiet, are now
j growing frautlc as the fire approaches
I them ; bat if human aid can help them,
! they will all be saved. It issnpposed the
; fire originated from a defective-flue in
oue of the sleepiug-rooms.
Latest—Novemlnr U>— 1 A. M.—The
entire building is now one sheet of flame,
aud, all hopes of saving any portion of it
are given up. All of the patients in the
we—itTU win. were rescued, with oue ex
ception, a middle-aged man. who was
found suflocaled in one of the lower
r\K>ms. Mueh of the furniture, bedding,
Ae.. is saved, being removed to various
portions ot the city as fast as possible.
A heavy snow u falling that only add*
to the desolation of the scene, I under
stand that about three hundred and fifty
inmates were con fined at the breaking out
of the fire, aud to all who are familiar
with the building, it must seem almost
incredible that so few perished.
Bemnrbablc Case of Fraud.
Tho Troy (X. Y.) Times of Saturday
says ;—“The attention of*tbo Circuit
Court, Judge Ingalls, m os occupied this
forenoon with a mo-l remarkable trial*
The point at issue is the genuineness of
the 'fuortgage purportin': to huve been
given by James s-aiimn, a.respectable
farmer of stchnlm k. tor S4ot>o, to John
Swanr, who, so far a- the trial is con*
o-n.o!, i- a m\tn, ami u»n.>:\rrrcd to
HnJs<.n Ihari m«l. a hunt and shoe d- nl
vi in the t iiy .»! New York. >1". Sean o"
denies the genuineness of hi> signoti.ie
attached to the document, and on tho
maturity of the mortgage, refused to can
cel the* indebtedness#,** Mr. Hoaglaed
brings the suit to foreclose the mortgage
and sell the properly. ' Mr. tseamon is the
owner of a farm in Schodack. situate
about live miles Irons Albany. Its value
is about sliyood. and it is entirely unen
oumt-cred. In June, IS*!> a gentleman
cal Uniat his house and imptired if he de
sired to sell the place. He .replied that
ho had entertained no thought of dispo
sing of lu but if tie could get enough for
it, he didn’t know but what he would
sell it. Ho thought he would take SI«V
tVO for it.
The stranger then said that ho hatl
Ivon engaged'in business in New York,
that ho had retired from business, and do*
sired to settle down in the country: that
the'place suited him. and ho thought he
would take it at Mr. Soamon’s price. He
also desired to buy the household furni
ture ami the stool: and implements upon
the farm. Mr. Seamon replied that he
must think the matter over, and if the
gentleman would give him his address,
he would return a definite answer in a
few days. The stranger then gave his
address as John Waliher, Box No, 44,
New York city, and in a day or two Mr.
Seamon wrote to that addrvss a letter de
clining to sell the farm. I n this way, it
is supposed, the forger came in possession
of the fanner's signature. Before the
stranger denned, he requested Mr. Sea
men to give him the dale of his deed and
the number and page of the book in
which ir wn< recorded, so as to enable
‘"n-to n..>ko a preliminary search. and
Mr. Seam on complied.not deemingit at all
* the pr »>; ivtive buyer should
\ i >t.cat** the t:t 5 e to the fa'nu
» ->i:r Shodack fa nr or
a jrTwsni. A lew ea\S
t.. ii ;>, two men. tep’estJ.t-
[p ::vin the
ovors
to le John Swam and
.lajv.o- appeared before Recorder
o‘ \ luany, ami requested him
v vt-rv
«l ;uv ■ a l»«*»»it .stui mortgage forS4-V0
•*> :>jvor«’r t ; • farmer and against the
farm of tie ia t* j.
The i ext development we have in
. ’> made in New York. Mr.
. —.Hoagland, in June. 1566, is sit-
TM'ii »:» In* store one morning and is ap*
oovuhotl by a stranger, who desires to
make a transfer of a bond and mortgage
for a stock of boots and shoes, and produ- :
ees this mortgage against the farm of
James Semon. He gives his name as j
John Swartz, and says that he is a Ger- |
man: that he had recently been in the j
rebel armv. having been conscripted in I
Columbia* S. C.: that Mr. Seamon, the
mortgagor, is his brother-in-law, and had
given him the mortgage in satisfaction of
an inheritance obtained upon the death
of his father, and that he desired to ex
change it for bools and shoes in order to
enable him to engage in business. The
particulars of the interview between Mr.
Hoagland and Swartz were brought out
in the testimony of Mr. Hoagland. win* 1
was called by the defense, Ti e merch
ant thus approached replied tlm: he was
not in the habit of doing busiue-sin that
way: whereupon Swartz assured him
that it was all right, and ottered b* sub
mit the mortgage to the scrutiny o: Mr,
Hoagland’s lawyers, and they might
search the records in the County CMoik’s
office, at Troy, and satisfy themselves in
regard to the title and value of the pivp
ertv upon which the mortgage was giv
en.* Mr. Hoagland seems to have thought
the suggestion a good one, and he took
Swartz around to theotticeof his lawyers.
Messrs. Wickes & Foster, a prominent
legal firm in New York oily, who there
upon took charge of the matter for their
client.
“ They despatched a clerk to this city
to investigate the tit le to the Seamon farm.
ami he returned, reporting it all tight,
and the properly worth several thousand
dollar* im>re than the encumbrance.
’The lawyers thereupon decnb-dtbat the
investment wa< a g<**»d on**. ami drew up
a transfer *»t the deed, taking the [ rreau
lion to gel. in addition to the transfer ex
ecuted by Swartz, the written consent of
Seamon to the transfer, and tills is also
pronounced n forgery. Mr- -Hcagiaud
gaveSwaitz the valueof the mortgage in
boots amt shoes, sending them to New
castle, Delaware, where the lattei sml i.e
intended lov>tabhsh himself in biisine—.
and Mr. Hoagland put bis bond and
mortgage in his safe along with other
valuables, never for a moment dreaming
that there would ever arise a question as
to its value and genuineness. In the
progress of lime the mortgage matured,
and of course Mr. Hoagland wanted big
money. Mr. Seamon was called upon and
desired to settle up. He expressed Hie
utmost surprise at the demand, and de
clared the mortgage fraudulent —his sig
nature to it a forgery, it was now Mr.
Hoagland’s turn to be surprised, and
Wickes & Foster, the New York lawyers,
to be equally ‘struck all aback’ with as
tonlshment. Seamon declined to pay, and
Hoagland brought suit to' Joreclo>e the
mortgage ami secure his money.”
Mkmphis, November 24. On Sunday
j night the neighborhood of Hickory Hof*
j low, near Holly Springs, was excited by
j the report that a band of men were on
j the road near there robbing all who pass
j ed. Next morning a party of citizens
I went in search of them, calling at .the
house of one Reynold';*, who was lately
> driven fiotn the country for horse steal
j ing, to question if he had returned.—
I Theylmaue inquiry of his wife wheth
er lie was there, and received a nega
i tive answer. Benjamin Avertattempted
j u> enter the house, when he was tired
i upon by Keynolds with a shot guiii ami
} mortally wounded. Reynolds was then
—Chief Justice Chase is holding court I arrested and started for Bolivar jail, but
at Richmond. J un the road a party of masked horsemen
—Greeley hasn’t found a murdered ne
gro for a week.
—John T. Heilman has retired from j
tilt* Muyorallly of New York- j
—Senator Sherman is to be President j
Grant's Secretary of the Tieasurv. ]
—On his present trip. General Grant !
will visit Boston and Piovjdem-e. !
—Secretary Seward expresses di>«:slis
faction with llevetdy Johnson’s course
in England.
—Jeff. Davis has delivered a lecture in J
England on the importance of exploring
Jerusalem. '
—General Grant has left Washington }
on a Northern trip. He will probably be I
absent a fortnight Irom Washington! I
C. N. Payne, the pedestrian, has suc
ceeded in walking 100 miles"in hours, »
minutes. o 7 seconds. ’ <
—Lamartine has just celebrated his
seventy-eight birthday. He iscompleie
ly in his dotage and daily dictates t.. a
secretary
The Galveston -NV«> has the following
on this important subject:
We believe there can be no less than
thirty or forty such establishments now
in our State. We have one' now in ope
ration some three miles to the westward
of this city, on the railroad, where, we
understand, forty or fifty head of cattle
are slaughtered daily. We believe scarce- (
ly any Two of all the beef packerics in the j
pursuing the same process fori
curing and packing beef, and yet our pres- I
cut information is so unsatisfactory that ;
! we are unable to say whether any of them
yet have proved entirely successful. We,
, however have great confidence that com
plete .-ucceas will ultimately be achieved
by some of them, and when once by any
process the fine beef of this State can be
, packed and shipped in good coudition to
foreign markets, we have no hesitation
in saving that the beef of the State will
constitute one of our principal sources of
i wealth and revenue. This will readily
appear fiom a few facts and figures. The
number of cattle in Texas is estimated at
\ five millions, and the annual increase is
; probably not less than twenty or twenty-
I live per cent., which would be at least
: one million. If we suppose that one half
I this number will be fit for beef annually,
; they will make about !,•>»,OX) barrels,
, which at twenty dollars per barrel (alow
| price we believe, in the foreign market)
will amount to thirty millions of dollars,
I or about double the present value of cot
[ ton shipped from this port. But, admit
: ting that we cannot expect to realize any
r such results, yet even if the figures are
r only approximately true, they show be
—lt is stated that Mrs, Grant h: • de* yuml a doubt that this State will have au
dared that she will never occupy the ; immense addition made to its annual
White House. She says she is uuwill- I wealth the moment any process of beef
ing to exchange her own comfortable ’ packing shall prove euUrely successful. :
home for the uncomfortable and poorly- ! *Ve shall he thankful for reliable tutor- i
arranged apartmeuts of the Executive xnatiou iu regard to the operations of any ;
Mau>lou, although she would be willing s and all these enterprises, aud shall;
to appear there on stale occasions and \ take pleasure in presenting it to cur read- j
do the honors of the establishment, ere.
Forney wants to sell his Washing
ton Chronicle, but can’t find a buyer.
Parker, of the Parker House in Bos
ton, has taken his daughter-in-law to
Europe to be married to the French in
terpreter of Hie Chinese embassy.
—Prentice says the present serfs of the
South like the surf of the sea, are white.
A Parisian paper assures “Madame
Lincoln.” that if she had the good taste
to be a Japanese, she would attract more
French attention than' she does as it is.
—Kilpatrick is •* settling his. accounts
with the State Department”—that is,
drawing- ins salarv for the past few
mouths of stump speak ins:
before returning to his-“post of duty.”'
—Rochefort is ungallantly severe upon
Eugenie.. Iu his last Lauterue he says,
” Isabella embraced Eugenie at Biarritz,
Touching spectacle to see female intelli
gence in the arms of female virtue.”
—Thfe Loudon Twnrs, and the Paris cor
respondents of other Loudon-papers have
lately given currency to rumors that the
health of the Emperor Napoleon is fell
ing. a
—H. Rives Pollard, Esq., editor of the
Southern Opinion was shot and killed on
Monday last for publishing the account
of an elopement in high life In Rich
mond. Mr. Jam«rs Grant, the murderer,
has been permmr-d i-» go nr large on $lO,-
ivo bail,
t>ERK»>AI.
llOltltlßU m’RDF.K AT PIIII.ADKI.-
PJIIA.
A terrible tragedy was enacted last eve
mug at the northeast cornerof Tenth pml
Pine streets. An old ladv named Mrs.
Hill was found about Oo’clock lyingdead
In the yard of the premises. The body
was shockingly mutilated about the head,
giving evidence of foul play, and was be*
sides bruised, as (hough it had fallen
some distance to the ground. The corpse
was discovered by a servant girl on re-
11 »■ • .i?»: '!«• 11 > mid as she was
a > nil making' the liou-e so* ore ’pr the
mght. The Ctrl giving the alarm, Mrs.
Hill’a sou-in-law, a man named George
Twiteholl came down stairs in an uucon
corned way, and expressiug-no articular
surprise at seeing the venerable lady's
dead body, assisted the servant in carry*
inc it into the house. News of the terri
ble atl'air had. In the meantime, spread,
through the neighborhood, and a highly
excited crowd gathered around the house.
Police officers were soon on the ground,
and I witched and his wife were arrested
on suspicion of the crime, Mrs. Twich
eil N confined in the house, but Twichell
whs taken to the Station House, corner
Fifteenth and Locust, where he now re
mains. ’ , ,
The room where the supposed murder
was committed is magnificently furnish
ed and the entire premises show all the
evidences of refinement and wealth A
*ofa under the window is covered with
blood, and the act was evidently commit
ted upon it. From the sofa trails of blood
reach into the next room, and the win
dow of that room is marked by bloody
finger prints, showing where the victim
was precipitated into the court below.—
Alongside the sofa, in the inner room,
was found a poker covered with blood
and hair. .
The prisoner, Twitched, will give no
account of affair further than that the
lady committed suicide by jumping out
of the window. All the evidence is
against this view of the case, however,
and the crowds which visited the premi
ses last evening were of the unanimous
opinion that a vile murder had been com
mitted. Mrs. Hill was very wealthy ami
it i> supposed that the murderer or mur
derers hoped by this unholy means* to ob
tain possession of her money. Thesocial
standing of the parties gives an especial
luteresi'to the case which in the'horrid
distinctness of its details has hardly, if
ever, had a parallel in this city.—J</o,
Aor. 23.
Philadelphia, Nov, 24. — A coroner’s
jury, to-day in the case of the murder of
Mrs. Hill, rendered a verdict that the de
ceased came to her death at the hands of
George Twilohell and his wife Camilla.
Roll. have been committed for trial. The
evidence to-day completely destroys the
theory of tobbery and murder by out
siders.
Philadelphia, Nov. 25. —0 n Tuesday,
evening, Mr. and'Mrs. Twitchell. who
are charged with the late murder of Mrs,
Hill, were conveyed to the Moyamensing
Prison, upon commitment of the coroner.
During the journey, Mrs. Twitchell be
sought her husband to acquit her of all
complicity in the cilme. She said : “If
you did commit that murder, you ought
to slate to the world that I knew nothing
about it, and ought to relieve me of all
blame.” The reply was Why should I
do such a thing?”* No further mention
of the subject was made by the parlies.
HI’RDKR AT RICHMOND,
Atuuilnatiao of an Hdilor~Thf Startler
rommlltrd by a San tVhow Sister Had
Been labeled.
Richmond, Vn, Nov. 24.—H. Rives Pol
lard, editorof the Southern Opinion news
paper, was shot and killed at ten o’clock
this morning, while passing near his of
fice, by James-Grant. The cause for the
shooting was a publication reflecting on
the character of a member of Grant’s
family.
fLATER.]
The following are the particulars of the
tragedy which look place this morning;
On Saturdays report was published in
the Southern Opinion, relative to the
elo|>ement of the daughterof William H.
Grant, a wealthy tobacconist of this city.
This morning, about ten o’clock, as H.
Rives Pollard, editor of the paper, was
near his office door, near the corner of
Fourteenth street, going in, a shot was
tired from the upper window of the
building opjvoslte. Mr. Pollard immedi
ately tell dead, eleven buckshot having
entered his body, passing through his
heart. The polb-e searched the building
and found Janies Grant, brother of the
lady named, in a room. He surrendered
ami was taken to the station. A double
barrelled gun. w lib one barrel dij-churged,
was found in the room. The affair has.
caused great excitement, and a large
crowd has been gathered around the
Opinion office since the occurrence.
ni RDEII AT MEMPHIS.
3fnr«lrr of a Cltl*en—The Jlardfrer Rescued
by it Parly In Hntki and Lrucbcd—A Ban
■tilled by a Pence Ball.
surprised the guard and took Reynolds
oil. His body was found yesterday, bung
to a tree. Avert was a son of Dr. B. V.
Avert, awe.l known physician of this
city. He had recently married.
A fatal allray occurred \ eaterday after
noon at McGee's station, In the suburbs
of the city, between two laboreis named
Kenny and Win. Huston, in which the
lormer wasMruck with a fence rail and
instantly killed. Huston was arrested
ami lodged in the Adams street station
house.
Another Wblce Girl by m Negro—
lie Explain bis Crime by Ufaih.
Memphis, Nov £9.— Last FHday, while
a girl was passing through the ward?,
she was siezed by a negro and horribly
violated. Nexl’inorniug he was lound
by the citizens and iudenlified by the
child. He was taken to the scene of vio
lence and hanged.
Beef Pxckerles In Texnm.
TUB INDIAN WAR.
l*ollrr oflhv Cn*nf»»lpn—A TnlU wllh «enc
* r*l tttirrUlan.
A correspondent of the St. Louis /)c/no
erflf writes from Fort Hayes, Kansa-, un
der date of November 15: ' ■
Yesterday we returned to Hayes am!
made a short visit to the fort, meeting
General Sheridan and the few officers of
the expedition, who remained in til to
day to join- the command. The whole
foiVe in the field consists of General
Crawford's Kansas Cavalry regiment.-
1500 men ; seven companies of the Fifth
Cavalry, eleven Companies of ihe Sev
enth Cavalry, four companies of the
Tenth Cavalry, one company of the Thir
ty-eight Infantry, colored ; one compa
ny Third Infantry, and Forsythe’s scouts,
amounting to about- 0000 men. There i«
u part of a regiment at Fort Wallace
probably a reserve—and quite a force
comingfrom the southwest to join Gene
ral Suily’s command, now moving south
toward ihe Arkansas and Canadian riv
ers. It is reported Unit this force from
the southwest has with it quite a large
tHKIy of the Ulo Indians, who have al
ways been friendly.
The principal tribes who arc hostile
are the Arrapahoes, Apaches, Kiows,
Camanehes and n mixed outlawed band
called Dog .Soldiers. These Dog Soldier*
are composed of Indians driven out of va
rious tribes for cowardice and other
crimes', who have banded themselves to
gether till they have become a danger
ous tribe. They are called Dog Soldiers
because the \iicst won! an Indian can
use is to call a man a dog. Hence, these
outcasts and freebooters are thus de.yg
nated, and by reason of their excellent
drill they are called soldiers. Among
these, as among all other tribes, are many
white men, who live with the Indians,
ami are the very worst of their class —
men who are not allowed to live among
‘the whites. The tribe of Dog Soldiers
was among those who attacked Colonel
Forsythe’s scouts on the Republican, and
killed Lieutenant Reedier. They le
niam scattered about the headquarters of
the streams north of the Smoky Hill
Fork, and will probably sta iiMlhof the
railroad during the winter.
The four tribes—(Jamanchfs, Apaches,
Kiowas and already
gone south of the Arkansas river, where
they build their lodges for me winter.—
Alfthese names are iainiliar as being the
bravest of the all the Indian* on the
plains. Taken altogether, they will
number from SOCK) to ofiOO warriors, ma
king quite a formidable army when we
consider that they, are a-1 splendidly
armed with carbines, and marly every
one with two good revolvers, beside their
arrows and knives. They have, during
the past year, taken great pains to buy as
much ammunition as they possibly
could, using gifts granted by the Com
mission last year for this purpose, which
shows the extreme folly of that kind of
policy, and repeats the old story of Indi
an treachery. Theexcnsc forissuiugarms
and ammunition to the tribes is that they
mav be able to kill buffalo, when every
old'bunter will tell yon that the Indian
never kills buffalo with agun, butaiways
uses his bow and arrows, saving his gun
to go to war with.
The Indian expedition thus becomes
of vital interest, and upon its success or
failure depends the safely of the people
I on the frontier, the progress of the rail
-1 road .west, and the future policy of deal
ing with the Indians. After the troubles
I commenced on the Solomon and along
J the stations ot the road, it was decided
not to give the customary annuities to
theliidiaus. Twosmall expeditions were
sent north, resulting in a partial success.
All the tribes except the Dog Soldiers are
uow on their winter grounds Incensed at
not receiving their annuities, and seem
ingly ready for war.
General Sheridan’s policy seems to be
to wait until all these tribes are fully
settled in their winter quarters, then
move upon them in their lodges, destroy
everything they have if possible, take
away their arms, and if any are left, force
them to live on reservations below the
Arkansas, which may be set apart for
them by tribes. Fortheaceomplishment
of this end, all, or nearly all, the troops
are cavalry, well supplied' with a large
number of extra horses, sons to follow up
whenever an attack is made. The move
ment of troops has been going on during
M»e past week toward Fort Dodge, Gene
ral Sheridan going on to take command
in the field. Their destination will be
most likely near the Sand Plains, south
of the Arkansas, making this a base of
supplies, then attacking the tribes collect
ed together.
If we have troops sufficient to keep the
Indians Imm making raids North, and
can destroy' their lodges and supplies,
keep between them and the buffaloes
now moving south, the Indian troubles
will soon cease ; but if those wary warri
ors can draw out our forces at tli fib rent
points, pass by in small bands and come
north, where we have but-smnll Indies of
.troops, and attack stations on the road
before thev can be checked, then this
winter will be exciting on the Plains. —
We have this hope, that the Indians can
not tight well in winter, except when
they can find plenty of forage, and. then
they have to stop quite a portion of time
for that purpose, this season while our
cavalry can move right along, being ful
ly supplied.
To some it may* seem that General
Sheridan lias not enough troops to suc
cessfully* meet these combined tribes and
deieat them; but we must remember
that Sheridan has been on the Plains,
that be fully understands Indian fight
ing, ami w ill be on the ground bin self,
and has the best outfit sent against the
Western tribes. With the idea of the an
nihilation of these waning marauders,
unless they* give it up, an idea which is
now gaining strength in tne East; a poll-'
oy* of war and not of swindling Indian
contracts; of permanent j»eace Instead of
annual peace-pipes and annual slaughters
following them; with such plans we may
hope for the safety* of the frontier and the
completion of our railway system; and
until this does come none of the people
of the West have any hope whatever.
General Sheridan and staff started from
Fort Hayes this morning, and will reach
the last detachment this evening, at or
near Walnut Creek. He will move down
to the Indian country* immediately, but
it will probably be two or three weeks
before active operations can be made—
Then we may look for some severe fight
ing, as the Indiana always fight for their
lodges.
HISCELLANCOfS.
advises Spain to choose a
Dictator.
—The public debt statement for No
vember, will show an increase.
—A large number of carpet-baggers
Lave left New Orleans in disgust.
—ln Louisiana the orange trees are
now, in places, bending beneath the
load of yellow fruit.
—A Mississippi lady recently shot and
killed a truly loyal negro who attempted
| an outrage upou her.
: —Secretaries Schofield, Browing,
| Welles,and Postmaster-General Randall
I have finished their annual reports.
| —Several Indian Chiefs have signed
1 treaties with the United States—like
I swearing a rattlesnake and letting him
r so.
—The City Councils of Boston have of
ficially extended the hospitalities of the
” hub” to General Gram.
—Chief Justice Cha*e In the United
States District Court, at Richmond, last
week decided that the test oath should
no: be administered to grand jurymen.
—ln accordance with Chief Justice
Chase's recent decision in Richmond,
the jurors* test oath has been dispensed
with in the United States District Court
at New Orleans.
—The convicts in the Massachusetts
State Prison were treated to a bountiful BS* A fine head of hair is such an-in
dinner on Thanksgiving Day, and two dispensible adjunct to beauty that no one
of their number pardoned. who prizes good looks should neglect to
—The Denverites are taking the law use the best preparation to be had to m
into their own bands, and banging after crease its growth, restore Its color or pre
the fashion of * Judge Dynch,” the dea- * .. * «• t»- »
perado3s who have recently infested vent lts faihng off. Rings \egetable
their citv. Ambrosia is one of the most eflectual ar
_Over ten thousand dollars were ex- tic,e = ! for the purpose « have ever seen,
pended in keeping alive the John Allen ; besides beiu" one of the most delightful
prayer meetings, and now Water street is | hair dressings and beautifiers extant. It
worse than ever before. j f ree froui the sticky aud'gummy prop
—Hx-Governor Letcher and other Vir- ; erties of most other dressings, and being
; recommends itself
table white laborers to come down to Old S oc gentleman using fine
Virginia and work uptheir impoverished I toilet articles,
estates. 1
-A reward of $lOOO has been offered
by Governor Clayton, of Arkansas for
the noprehonslon of the assassin of the
(jjnlvdAiile General Hindman, who was
killed at Helena a short time since.
—On the 10th Inst, a body of two hun
dred men, claiming to be militia, entered
(ho town Center-Point, Sevier county
Arkansas arrested all the inhabitants,
marched them into an open Held, placed
a guard over them, and then proceeded
to sack the town, after winch they left.
The next day the citizens of au adjoining
countv Hocked into the town, and a meet
ing was gotten up to express the senti
ments of the people in regard to the out
rage. While the meeting was in progress
the same body of men dashed into the
town and opened an indiscriminate flre
upon the assembly, shooting down a
number of them, and arresting three of
the oldest and best citizens, named Hes
ter, Anderson and Gilbert, and carried
them out into rt field and shot them. The
band of desperadoes atilt- bold the town.
A Short Cut.
General Grant means to treat office
hunters as he did the Jews. Ho won’t
listen to their speeches nor even read
their letters, although the dodge of wri
ting in a line hand and marking them
private, has been tried. He cannot es
cape much longer, he must face the mu
sic whether he will or not, after he gets
to headquarters. Offices must be, filled
by somebody, and it is sheer nonsence to
talk of escaping responsibility by burn
ing evejy letter that may be addressed to
him on matters pertaining to office. The
Cincinnati Enquirer (Radical,) on this
head says:
There is no doubt that the course pur
sued by General Grant, of burning thous
ands of letters from his personal and po
litical friends, will not conduce to his
popularity. We will say further, that
there is no doubt that many of these so
called office-seeking letters were of a na
ture lo justify prompt attention at the
hands ot the President elect. We fear
that in this matter he has been governed
rather by a constitutional laziness, and a
.disposition touvoid governmental respon
sibility, Limn anything else. To us it isa
bad sign. It indicates to us a reign of a
Cabinet of se\eu persons, each ot whom
will be President in his own sphere,
with hardly any check by the Chief Mag
istrate.
The office of President Is one of great
labor well as responsibility, to those
who properly perform US duties. Gene*
ral Grant mates a poor commencement
when ho endeavors lo shirk, iu this man*
ner, the duties of bis position. It may
be uupleasent for him lo meet them, hut
assume them he must. His silence
which has been the basis of his political
fortune, will no longer serve him. He
must speak out —must declare his views
on all the great questions of the day.—
He must be as tree iu the expression of
his opinions as ho has heretofore been re
served. Iu the onto da fe which he has
already made of the literary contribu
tions ol so many of his friends he has in
tensified sorrow, he has aggravated jeal
ousy, he lias destroyed hope, and he has
added to the realms of despair iu thous
ands and tens of thousands of hearts. —
He little knows the anguish which his
conflagration has created in many bo
soms, who looked to him as the prophet
that was to conduct them through tbe
wildernes in safety.
POLITICAL.
—Full official returns from Kentucky
make Seymour’s majority 76,320.
-Ex-Senator Stockton is to be, chosen
by the Democrats of New Jersey to the
United States Senate.
—Fifty-five business bouses in Chicago
have just failed—Radical “ good times.”
—There is an Irish woman now con
fined iu the Schuylkill county almshouse
who has reached the remarkable age of
one hundred and nine years;,
—The Republican tickets for Congress
men and electors in South Carolina bore
“ the strange device” of an eagle soaring
in the clouds with a carpet-bag in its tal
ons. *
—The Radical? organ at Augusta, Ga.,
headed its column announcing the vic
tory of the Radicals over the Constitu
tion with a cut ofa negro playing a fid
dle. Appropriate.
—Some Tennessee papers are placing
the name of Andrew Johnson at the
head of their columns as a candidate for
the next Governor of Tennessee* There
is said to be little doubt that be will re
ceive the Democratic nomination.
Hocal Items
Wintkb.— The weather is getting deci
dedly wintry. The winds whistle around
the corners and in at the key-holes, and
old Boreas, with his Icy bhaius, is already
going around locking up the creeks and
ponds.
Going to Work.— The Shoe Manufac
turing Company, which was recently or
ganized, has leased the building on the
south east corner of Main and Bedford
streets, adjoining the Agricultural works
of F. Gardner & Co. They will make use
of the steam power of the foundry.
To be Contracted For^—We hear it
rumored that the South Mountain Rail
Roacf company intend shortly to give out
the contract fqr building twenty miles
additional of their road, from the Pine
Grove works to Caledonia.
Looking For a Site. —Last week sey
eral capitalists from Reading visited this
place on a voyage of inspection of our
water powers, with a view of locating a
rolling mill in this vicinity. We learn
that they made an examination of Foust’s
mill, located at the “Eastern end of Pom
fret street, on the line of the South Moun
tain Rail Road, but have not heard what’
they finally concluded to do.
s^- The Rev. I. N. Hays, late of the
Middlespring Presbyterian Church, this
county, has received a call, which he
has accepted, from the Central Presby
terian congregation of Chambersburg.
He will preach his Introductory Ser
mon as pastor of the congregation, on
Sunday morning next, although his In
stallation will not take place until the
Friday evening following, December
11. Dr. Creigh will preside, and de
liver the charge to the Pastor.
fjaf“ Can it be possible that over Five
Million Bottles of Plantation Bitters
have been sold during the past year? It
is almost incredible, nevertheless it is ab
solutely true, and Is. the most convincing
proof of their medicinal and
health-restoring qualities. Every family
should be supplied with these Bitters, at
whatever cost or trouble it may be to ob
tain them. Bo careful that you get the
genuine, anil that you are not imposed
upon by a spurious article. *
Magnolia Water. —Superior to the
best imported German Cologne, and sold
at half the price.
The Holidays.—lthaabeelTTi^ —-
ry for business men to
goods a few days before the bolida
This practice is wrong and should
continued. - If they fully comm-„i,
their own interests they would
propriety in giving 'publicity to wh
they, have on hand several weeks*•
to Christmas and New Year. Bum 1 ? 1 ™
time would then be afforded to x
era to select their stock, and the em
inent and confusion incident tocoo" 16 ’
holidays would be entirely avoided 7°'
stead of procuring articles on those w
sions they would provide themselves
them in advance. We submit this to' ‘
enterprising, though sometimes
on business men. There is no more V
fectual way to enhance your trade than'
resort to the newspapers, whose potc,*
for good is recognized by ail men wh
have availed themselves of this medi J
of circulation. We hope the near
roach of the festive days will i nc | te
business community to the promptim/
the subject demands. The Phlhdei
phia Mercury, commenting upon the
mistakes made by merchants and custo.
mers, says:
“ What then, is the delusion tw i
fallen into by both merchants and Msto
mere about this period of the year? ki™
Pi?.this, that both unduly postpone Z
business that specially appertains to it
Both are equally in fault. The tradl
men who lay in large and costly sE
of holiday goods and the people of who
custom they are supplied, hive hithem
committed a blunder which results inS
nous inconveniencies to the merchant
an d a considerably i n creased expense to n .
customers. When all, or a great majoyi
ty of those who buy toys and jewel i
and all other merchandise thati. adapts
to the holiday, season, procrastinate their
purchases until a day or two before
Christmas, the stores are overrun with
people, everybody is uncomfortable
crowded, there is a necessary delay „
being served with what each oue want
to get. and with a tremendous present
of custom the price of every article'ooL
up proportionately. b '
-|“Our theory, therefore, Is, that,
change in this holiday business iscreat
iy needed for the mutual benefit of ihe
merchants and the public; for the met
chants, because they will sell much more
at fair, rates, if they are not overpre-seii
with work hy having their sales crowded
into three or four days, than they have
heretofore sold tinder less favorable cir
cumstances ; while the buyers will save
money by purchasing what they wan;
when everything has not been forced be
yond its ordinary market value or pric
by having the entire town rush into a
few stores and demand the same thing at
once, and, therefore; as every merchant
very reasonably supposes, at any pri.-e
that is within the range of possibility."
The Lady’s Friexd for December.
—ln this, their holiday number, the pub
lishers have achieved a brilliant suco>j.
The beautiful picture of “ Robert Burn*
and Highland Marythe charmingly
unique ands.uggestivefrontispiece, “Unj
and the Lion ;” the gay and graceful
fashion plute ; the handsome Pasha Lamp
Mat, oriental iu coloring and design; the
Christmas pudding wood-cut—what ao
array of attractions to begin with! The
music—“ Obj speak those words again!”
from Byron, will please the young la
dies; and the literary matter is superior,
even for this magazine. “ Feeling from
Fate”—a splendid story, by Louis Chand
ler Moulton, is concluded; aud tfiere is
also a poem by tbe same lady—“ A time
ly Christmas Voice,” Mrs. Harriet
Prescott Spofiord contributes one of her
best stories. Miss Douglas conclude:
“ The Dreamy. Fortune’Mn a waytha;
every one will like; and Mrs. Hosraer,
Mrs. Trowbridge and Sophie May, make
out an unequalled list of writers.
The Prospectus for the nest year con*
tains unequalled Inducements to new
subscribers, and we advise our readirs to
send for a specimen n umber (which is
furnished gratis,) and avail themselves of
the Publishers’ munificent offers- Mrs,
Henry Wood, the celebrated author of
“ East Lynne,” is also announced for a
serial novel for next year. Published by
Deacon & Paterson, 319 Walnut street.
Philadelphia, at $2.50 a year, (which also
includes a large steel engraving.) Four
copies, $6.00. Eight (and one
$12.00- “ The Lady’s Friend” aud “ Tbe
Saturday Evening Post,” $4.00.
Fair.—By reference to oor advertising
columns, it will be seen that the Cumber
land Engine Company intend holding s
Fair aud Festival during the holidays. -
We hope they may meet with liberal en
couragement on the part of the public.
It is a prompt and efficient company, sou
has asked nothing from the commuoi.j
for years. Its apparatus is now iu
condition as to require a generous cocir.-
bution to maintain the usefulness of rts
company- All can do something to a-i
such a commendable object, and sho~i
do their share cheerfully and promptly-
Skating Park.—Wo understand tht
efforts are being made to get up a ski'*
ing Park iu Carlisle- There is no more
healthfulor pleasant exercise in winter
time than skating, and the youthful peo
ple of this place have long felt the wan*
of such an Institution. We do hope that
the people of Carlise, will take the mat
,ter in hand, and that this enterprise will
"terminatesuccessfully. TheyounggentU*
men who have started the matter w
call upon those likely to feel an interest
in the matter, to secure their co-opers
tlou.
To Debtors of.the Volcteer.—
have on our books numerous account
which will aggregate a large
which we stand greatly in need of-
of these accounts have been stana.Dg
three years or more, and no attention
been paid to bills repeatedly sent. Tb« •
accounts most be paid at once or we ...
be compelled to place them in the hand? ..
a justice. We are now engaged in send :r:
out bills to all indebted to the VoJ ,r>*
teer either for subscription, job w:rx
or advertising, and hope our debto? .a w-.
favor us with a prompt response.
Death of Dr. Day.—We regn ,-t to SI
nounce the death, of a useful an* 1 fc‘*£-^* r
respected citizen of Mechanics our?.
Iba Day, aged 70 years. The
ter a very brief sickness,, dex parted u
life at hi* residence, on Frida y last- D-
Day settled in Meehanicsb urg in J? -'
and was engaged In the practice of
cine to the day of his last sickness,
was a skillful and successful physic*
an exemplary member of the
and in every respect a good citizen* S
less will be long and deeply felt
peopleof Mechanicsburg
country.
ggy*“The season for Singing
and debating Societies is now at ban
We advise all the young people to
ize at once and have a rare old W * D * C
pass-time. . ■
“ That Same Old Coo^* v
coons are very numerous in oa»
tains this season, and coon bunts *
frequent and generally success^
Tkanksgivixg Day. T
last, was almost universally *
our citizens. AH business was suspend^
Xov. i>3, —It-